Ode to Dusk

Chapter 15

My head was laying on his lap, which was hard because of his toned muscles. It was probably softer than the hardwood floor. His eyes were so intense, a lot more than his usually playful eyes. He usually has this look to his eyes to where he is almost challenging me. But with this he pulls it back and all I see is intensity and a hint of concern.

His eyes are even more breathtaking than usual. There immense beauty leaving me flabbergasted. They were the kind of brown that was so light that it was almost a yellow. It was such a contrast against his dark pupil, which seemed to reflect almost no light. The edges of his irises were also this dark color, a color so dark it complemented his hair, which was dark and volumized.

I sat up, not breaking eye contact. I was mesmerized by his sheer attractiveness. He held on to our eye contact, his domineering gaze capturing and captivating my own. He stood up off the ground and held his hand out. I grabbed ahold of it and he yanked me off the floor.

"I had a feeling that something was going to happen," He said. "I knew it was correct of me to follow you home to your house." I looked at him unmoving, in tranced. His presence was almost addicting and it was oh so consuming, I didn't know what to think.

I remembered Leila and my family. My siblings and how they all disappeared. I looked around and saw that we were in Leila's room. I looked over to Jay, whose expression remained unchanged.

"What happened to my family, where is Leila?" I asked. "How did you get in, why are you here? Do you have anything to do with their disappearance?" I was breaking out of the trance he had set me in, and I started to question. It was odd that he was even here, and even weirder since my family was gone and I have no clue what happened to them.

"I'm here to help you find that out. FIrst thing is, are you aware of the secret your "parents" have been keeping from you?" He asked me.

"Secret? What are you talking about?" I asked, he looked at me.

"Have you experienced anything odd lately? Any events that have been out of the ordinary? Because I have been looking into you and I have discovered something shocking. Something you will have to come to terms with if you want your loved ones to be okay." Jay stated.

"You, you have noticed it too? Could it be that I am not going crazy?"

"I need you to tell me exactly everything you have experienced and what abilities you have learned to possess." Jay said. I noded. Why I have suddenly started to trust this man who has been so much trouble is unknown to me but it just feels right. Like I have been denying this feeling of trust I have towards him because of the rude front he has put out,

"So it's all started when I moved here, that's when all the strange events occurred. I started to notice small movements out of the corner of my eyes, Almost as if the shadows themselves were moving, I was stargazing one day and I someone found the ability to sift and move light. I brushed my hand up against the night sky and all of the stars sorted shifted. I probably sound crazy but I don't care anymore. I felt as if I was going insane. I played around with this ability and confirmed it as reality. After that I started to get attacked by shadows and I befriended a wolf. Then I met you with all your creepiness." I recounted. He nodded.

"When I found you in this room a pretty powerful shadow beast was in here, devouring your essence. Luckily I took care of it in time. Of course whatever you did in your trance is what really took it down. A shadow beast is a being of the shadow people. It is but one of the realms in this universe. In this realm there is a god they worship who is said to rule the moon. The moon in that realm shines red because of the sun. Once in every one thousand years there is a child born, known as the child of the blood moon. He is a being from the shadow realm, but there is a noticeable difference. In the shadow realm all of their people and creatures have a physical form, but when they try to pass into the human realm or any of the realms they become a shadow, or a projection of darkness against surfaces. They can not conjure up a physical form. The child of the blood moon is a special case. While being born of darkness and being one hundred percent shadow they have the mysterious ability to control light, an ability that is highly coveted. They are also able to pass into any realm intact and in their physical form. And if the are consumed by a shadow creature in their physical form or murdered in the shadow realm their abilities will be transferred to that being. Jason, It has been one thousand and sixteen years since the birth of the last one. You are the reincarnation of the child of the blood moon. That means you are the reincarnation of a deity." Jay told me. I stood there, flabbergasted. I was unmoving, paralyzed, I wasn't even human, my whole life has been a lie. This was a lot of information to take in. I was supposedly a very coveted and sought after creature.